THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Revoke clearances

President Trump would be acting within his authority — and would be justified — in revoking the security clearances of James Clapper and the others he has identified for such action ("Trump threatens to revoke Obama officials' security clearances." Web, July 23). By their acts these individuals are committing treason — that very thing of which, ironically, they accuse the president.

July 30, 2018

EDITORIAL: Support for capital punishment declines, but the debate continues

Capital punishment continues to be a hot-button issue nearly everywhere. Several public-opinion polls indicate that state-sanctioned killing is not as popular in America as it once was. Two decades ago polls showed that 80 percent of Americans approved of taking a life for a life, though some approved reluctantly. Now approval is down to a considerably smaller majority. There's a spirited movement of conservatives to abolish the death penalty altogether.

July 29, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ‘Treatment’ inhumane

In Massachusetts, children with autism and other disabilities are having their behavior managed with devices similar to cattle prods. While this practice is rightly banned in most other states, some states willingly send children whom they deem unmanageable in their school system to live in a center in Massachusetts that has the approval to apply this medieval practice.

July 29, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Mexico wall has precedent

Between 1909 and 1911 the U.S. government built the first barbed-wire divide along the California-Mexico border, to prevent cattle from wandering between the United States and Mexico.

July 29, 2018

EDITORIAL: With last year’s clean-up stalled, Puerto Rico waits for a new storm season

Puerto Rico is braced for Alberto, Beryl, Chris and Debby and other named storms, which will be churning out of the Atlantic any day now. The hurricane season is bearing down on us, and bracing is probably all the island can count on. The local government's record of hurricane relief does not inspire confidence.

July 26, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Different names, same goal

Socialism, progressivism and communism are closely related members of the political family known as leftists. The chief difference between them -- and it is a very thin one -- can be seen in how far each will go to achieve dominance over the people.

July 26, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Save our universities

The core question addressed by "DePaul professor slams liberal colleges as 'gravest internal threat to this country'" (Web, July 25) is this: Can America's colleges and universities be redeemed from identity politics, victimology and the campus social-justice warriors? Professor Jason Hill's answer is no and his case is spot-on. So what do we do to save civil discourse and civic behavior on campus and beyond?

July 26, 2018

EDITORIAL: Kim Jong-un can show good will by returning the remains of America’s war dead

Soldiers who give their "last full measure of devotion," as Abraham Lincoln described death on the battlefield, deserve the highest honor a nation can bestow. The fundamental honor is a dignified burial. That right and honor has been long denied to thousands of men who fell in Korea. North Korea can heal the open wound on the American conscience by finally returning the remains of its long-lost sons.

July 25, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Term limits on Supreme Court

Having U.S. Supreme Court justices, whether Democratic or Republican, sit on the bench for life is far too long. Usually only kings or dictators get to stay anywhere for that much time.

July 25, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don’t allow third world war

President Trump's recent Twitter warning to Iran came as a shock to me ("Trump steps up pressure, but Iran says it's 'unimpressed,'" Web, July 24). I am amazed that we, the United States of America, would be willing to start an all-out war over a simple threat.

July 25, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Thank, don’t sue, Big Oil

Instead of filing a lawsuit to hold oil companies financially responsible for global warming (because of some misguided, maybe even coercive, thinking by local politicians), Baltimore should publicly thank oil companies for providing reliable, efficient and relatively inexpensive supplies of energy ("Baltimore is latest U.S. city to file lawsuit against Big Oil," Web, July 20). The American public demands this energy to fuel (pun intended) its economy and society. The availability of plentiful energy has directly contributed to raising the standard of living for generations of Americans, and brought untold prosperity to this nation — Baltimore included.

July 24, 2018

EDITORIAL: Some Democrats want to eliminate law enforcement on the border

Eliminating law enforcement on the nation's southern border is a cherished goal of a noisy segment of undetermined size among Democrats. Cooler Democratic heads think it's party suicide, and it wouldn't help the nation, either. But cool heads in the party are scarce. Playing the "I'm crazier than thou" game is more fun.

July 24, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Out-of-touch Congress

I am very disappointed with the Democratic Party and its candidates for the House and Senate, as well as its current members of the House and Senate. I think we sorely need more Bobby Kennedys, and there are few in sight.

July 24, 2018

EDITORIAL: The great global warming hysteria begins to cool

"April is the cruellest month," wrote T.S. Eliot, the poet, literary critic and aspiring weatherman.

July 23, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Stalinism’s religious work roots

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez added a Stalinist flavor to Bernie Sanders' and Elizabeth Warren's numerous socialist proposals ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won't say if she'd back Nancy Pelosi for speaker," Web, July 22). She wants government-guaranteed jobs. In his days of building socialism, Stalin was more direct than Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.

July 23, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Siren song of free stuff

As Democrats began to cast their votes in the 2016 primaries, it became clear that the voice of change coming from Sen. Bernie Sanders was resonating with many people. He spoke of free government health care, inexpensive college and an increase of the minimum wage — all good ideas to a confused and idealistic voter.

July 23, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Media straining at gnats

While President Trump is working real miracles on our behalf, Hillary Clinton's blatant collusion with the Justice Department and the FBI to criminally interfere with a presidential election and a Democratic primary on her own behalf is ignored.

July 22, 2018

EDITORIAL: Europe wants to punish Google for innovation, entrepreneurial ambition

America's high-tech colossi dominate the globe: Amazon, Uber, Apple, Microsoft, Lyft, Intel, Facebook, Google, Instagram, eBay, Twitter, Lyft and others were all made in America. Europe's tech companies, by contrast, are puny. Only Spotify, a Swedish music-streaming app, has made much of splash globally.

July 22, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cancer care still primitive

If ever there were a candidate for a failed institution, it would be the American Cancer Society and the standard of care that it supports ("New study reveals stunning results for cancer patients who opt for natural remedies," Web, July 19). Three decades ago there were 1,500 to 1,600 people per day dying of cancer — and it is the same now. Of course the ACS is bested by the American Diabetes Association. After three decades of their standard of care and supposed prevention, more than 60 percent of the U.S. population is either diabetic or pre-diabetic. The only thing that has improved overall in those years is the amount of money to be made from these diseases.

July 22, 2018

EDITORIAL: ‘Self-deportation,’ enforced by E-Verify, might stem the border flood

Mitt Romney coined the term "self-deportation" in 2012 to describe his plan for stemming the flood of illegal immigrants pouring over the border. If illegals couldn't get jobs here because they have no documentation, they would decide to go home.

July 22, 2018